Election
Constituency

83. Sami

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Gujarat Assembly Election, 1972

GJ-SAMI

INC 36.6%won by 2.5%BJS 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.7% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 34.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
49,067
Margin
1,208
2.46%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARASANBHAI H CHAUDHARIIndian National Congress · INC17,97336.6%
  2. 2CUDDAJI RAMSANJI THAKOREBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,76534.2%
  3. 3HARGOVANBHAI D THAKKERSwatantra Party · SWA7,15214.6%
  4. 4CHINUBHAI D SHAHIndependent · IND6,50213.3%
  5. 5HAJABHAI MAVABHAI KOLIIndependent · IND6751.4%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJS swing
−37.7%
INC share
40.2% → 36.6%
BJS share
0.0% → 34.2%
Turnout
— → —
82. Chanasma84. Radhanpur
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